CVE-2025-42999

critical

Description

SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Metadata Uploader is vulnerable when a privileged user can upload untrusted or malicious content which, when deserialized, could potentially lead to a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the host system.

References

https://securityaffairs.com/177962/hacking/u-s-cisa-adds-google-chromium-draytek-routers-and-sap-netweaver-flaws-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html

https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-groups-chinese-apts-exploit-recent-sap-netweaver-flaws/

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/05/15/cisa-adds-three-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/microsoft-seven-zerodays-may-patch/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gangs-join-ongoing-sap-netweaver-attacks/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/bianlian-and-ransomexx-exploit-sap.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sap-patches-second-zero-day-flaw-exploited-in-recent-attacks/

https://www.securityweek.com/sap-patches-another-critical-netweaver-vulnerability/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/china-linked-apts-exploit-sap-cve-2025.html

https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday

https://me.sap.com/notes/3604119

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-05-13

Updated: 2025-05-16

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0005

Vulnerability Watch

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Vulnerability of Interest

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